Word: wide
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...most impressive play of the day came near the end of the third period. With the score tied at four, Garvey spun past his defender and hit a wide-open Lux with a cross-cage pass. Lux buried the shot to give the Crimson a lead it would not relinquish...
...closing minute, junior Dean Graham blocked a Wildcat shot and scooped up the rebound. Graham then raced the length of the field, which enabled the Crimson to nearly run the clock out. UNH had one more chance with six seconds remaining, but its desperation heave flew wide of the net, preserving the win for Harvard...
Like many of my fellow students, I came to Harvard to be exposed to a wide variety of ideas, including unpopular and controversial ones. An uninhibited exchange of ideas--even ideas we find offensive--is essential to the pursuit of truth and knowledge. To this end, the university justifiably asks its members to show at least some minimal level of tolerance, self-restraint, and respect for the rights of others...
...alarm over AIDS has spread, some in the Pentagon have been urging outright dismissal from the service of anyone who tests positive for the AIDS virus. Instead, the Defense Department last week reaffirmed a 1985 policy that gives supervisors the authority to remove infected individuals from a wide variety of duties, including flight status and other tasks requiring a high degree of stability or alertness...
Next week all that could change for millions of immigrants. May 5 marks the inauguration of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, one of the most important and wide-ranging pieces of social legislation in decades. Passed last fall in the final days of the 99th Congress, the law provides the opportunity for aliens who have lived and worked in the U.S. since 1981 to apply for status as permanent residents. In theory it will make it possible for as many as half of the nation's estimated 3 million to 5 million illegal immigrants to emerge from...